内容正文:
Unit6 Beyond Earth
All About Satellites
第9课时 (Reading Plus)
目录
词汇三关 Vocabulary
课堂导入 Lead in
新知学习 Knowledge
巩固习题 Exercise
课堂小结 Summary
课后作业 Homework
VOCABULARY
一、单词知多少
satellite ____________
launch ____________
metal ____________
kilogram ____________
circle ____________
research ____________
continent ____________
storm ____________
position ____________
imagination ____________
卫星;人造卫星
发射;发起
金属
千克,公斤
环绕;盘旋;圆圈
研究,调研
大陆,大洲
暴风雨,风暴
位置;定位;放置
想象力,想象
二、短语识几个
man-made satellite ____________
fall back to Earth ____________
burn up ____________
send back photographs ____________
across oceans and continents ____________
positioning satellite ____________
人造卫星
落回地球
烧毁,燃尽
传回照片
跨越大洋与大洲
定位卫星
三、句型早知道
1.结构:The + 形容词 + thing was... 最…… 的事情是……
解析:where 引导定语从句修饰 place
2.结构:It takes + 时间 + to do sth. 做某事花费多长时间
3.结构:allow sth. to be done 允许某物被……(被动语态)
4.结构:It seems that… 似乎 / 好像……
LEAD IN
BeiDou Navigation
/ˌnæv.ɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ 导航
Satellite System
Big Dipper
All About Satellites
In October 1957, people listening to radios around the world heard something no one had ever heard before. For three weeks, there was just “beep, beep, beep”. About one beep a second. Millions of people sat round their radios just listening for this beep. The beep itself was not all that amazing. The amazing thing was the place where it came from—space. The beep came from the world’s first man-made satellite, Sputnik 1.
/biːp/ 哔哔声
where 定语从句修饰 place
/ˈspʊtnɪk wʌn/ 斯普特尼克一号
Sputnik 1 was launched by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957.
It was round, made of metal, and more than twice as wide as a basketball. It weighed about 84 kilograms, travelled at 29,000 kilometres an hour, and took 96.2 minutes to circle Earth. Sputnik 1 stopped beeping when its radio battery died on 26 October, and it burnt up when it fell back to Earth on 4 January 1958.
The launch of Sputnik 1 also began the age of satellites. The first satellites were used for research. Through them, we can better understand the world we live in. They also send back photographs that help us to make better maps of our world.
/ðə ˈsəʊviət ˈjuːniən/
苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟
/ˈbætəri/ n.电池
人造卫星时代
绘制更精确的世界地图
Communication satellites were also soon developed. These allow TV and radio signals to be sent across oceans or to places thousands of kilometres away. This is how people can watch TV across continents and oceans. Weather satellites soon followed. These can tell us when a storm is coming or whether it will snow next week. One new kind of satellite that is now becoming more useful to the public is the positioning satellite. This satellite works with a highly complicated system, like the BDS (BeiDou Navigation Satellite System), which can tell us where our car or even our mobile phone is.
It seems that there is no end to the possible uses of satellites. The only real limit to their use is our own imagination.
通讯卫星
气象卫星
定位卫星
卫星的用途似乎无穷无尽。
唯一真正限制其用途的,是我们自己的想象力。
1
Read the text. Tick the uses of satellites that are mentioned.
□ as homes for people
□ for research
□ to make maps
□ to grow plants
□ to help us communicate
□ to collect energy from the sun
□ to help us know the weather
□ to show the position of things on Earth
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2
Answer the questions.
1.Why was Sputnik 1 important?
It was important because its launch began the age of satellites.
What happened to it in the end?
In the end, its radio battery died, it fell back to Earth and burnt up.
2.What other types of satellites do you know?
We know communication satellites, weather satellites and positioning satellites.
What are they used for?
Communication satellites send TV and radio signals far away.
Weather satellites predict storms and snow.
Positioning satellites show the position of cars and mobile phones.
EXERCISE
( ) 1. What is Sputnik 1?
A. A radio battery B. The first man-made satellite in the world
C. A high-speed plane D. A weather satellite
( ) 2. How long did Sputnik 1 spend going around the Earth once?
A. 84 minutes B. 29,000 minutes
C. 96.2 minutes D. Three weeks
B
C
( ) 3. What was the first use of satellites according to the passage?
A. For communication B. For weather forecast
C. For scientific research D. For car positioning
( ) 4. What can weather satellites do?
A. Send TV signals across the world
B. Help people know coming storms or snow
C. Draw maps of the whole world
D. Show the position of mobile phones
C
B
( ) 5. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Satellites have endless uses in the future
B. Our imagination limits the development of satellites
C. It is impossible to invent new satellites
D. BDS is the most complicated satellite in the world
A
SUMMARY
(一)核心文章大意
1957 年苏联发射人类第一颗人造卫星斯普特尼克一号
(Sputnik 1),开启了卫星时代。
2.介绍四类人造卫星及其功能:
科研卫星、通信卫星、气象卫星、定位卫星(北斗 BDS)。
3.卫星用途无限,唯一限制是人类的想象力。
(二)10 个重点单词
satellite /ˈsætəlaɪt/n. 卫星;人造卫星
launch /lɔːntʃ/v.&n. 发射;发起
metal /ˈmetl/n. 金属
kilogram /ˈkɪləɡræm/n. 千克,公斤
circle /ˈsɜːkl/v. 环绕;盘旋 n. 圆圈
research /rɪˈsɜːtʃ/n.&v. 研究,调研
continent /ˈkɒntɪnənt/n. 大陆,大洲
storm /stɔːm/n. 暴风雨,风暴
position /pəˈzɪʃn/n. 位置;定位 v. 放置
imagination /ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃn/n. 想象力
(三)6 个核心短语
man-made satellite 人造卫星
fall back to Earth 落回地球
burn up 烧毁,燃尽
send back photographs 传回照片
across oceans and continents 跨越大洋与大洲
positioning satellite 定位卫星
(四)四种卫星用途(课文原句要点)
1.Research satellites
科研卫星:研究地球,拍摄照片绘制地图
2.Communication satellites
通信卫星:远距离传输电视、广播信号
3.Weather satellites
气象卫星:预报暴风雨、降雪等天气
4.Positioning satellites
定位卫星(BDS 北斗):定位车辆、手机位置
(五)重点句型 4 句
The amazing thing was the place where it came from.
最令人惊叹的是它来自太空。(where 定语从句修饰 place)
2.It took 96.2 minutes to circle Earth.
它绕地球一圈花费 96.2 分钟。
(It takes + 时间 + to do 做某事花费多久)
3.These allow TV and radio signals to be sent across oceans.
它们让信号可以跨大洋传输。(allow sth. to be done 被动结构)
4.It seems that there is no end to the uses of satellites.
卫星的用途似乎无穷无尽。(It seems that… 似乎……)
HOMEWORK
A 层 基础巩固任务(全员必须完成)
熟练抄写本课 10 个重点单词,标注音标、词性和中文释义,每个单词抄写 2 遍。
抄写 6 个核心短语,英译汉背诵,能够看着中文说出英文。
通读课文 3 遍,熟读课文,能够口头复述:Sputnik 1 的发射时间、外形参数以及最终结局。
在课文中划出四种卫星的类别,口头说出每一种卫星的作用。
B 层 能力提升任务(完成 A 层后自主完成)
摘抄课文 4 个重点句型,在每个句型下方仿写 1 个属于自己的新句子。
用本课 6 个短语里任选 4 个,分别独立造完整英文句子。
用自己的简短英文两句话回答课后两个思考题,规范书写在作业本上。
梳理文章段落结构,用中文概括每一段的段落大意。
C 层 拓展拔高任务(学有余力挑战完成)
小写作:以 The Uses of Satellites 为题,写一篇 80 词左右英语短文,梳理卫星发展史与不同卫星功能。
深度思考:用英文写下对文章最后一句话 “The only real limit to their use is our own imagination” 的理解。
课外查阅资料,补充 1 种课文未提到的人造卫星类型,用英文记录它的名称和用途。
制作简易思维导图:中心主题 Satellites,分支分为 Sputnik 1、四类卫星、卫星意义三大板块。
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